priyaḥ

  • beloved — SB 1.7.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.11

    Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, son of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, was not only transcendentally powerful. He was also very dear to the devotees of the Lord. Thus he underwent the study of this great narration [Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam].    , SB 3.17.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.17.20

    His younger brother, Hiraṇyākṣa, was always ready to satisfy his elder brother by his activities. Hiraṇyākṣa took a club on his shoulder and traveled all over the universe with a fighting spirit just to satisfy Hiraṇyakaśipu.    , SB 6.17.34-35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.34-35

    This magnanimous Citraketu is a dear devotee of the Lord. He is equal to all living entities and is free from attachment and hatred. Similarly, I am also very dear to Lord Nārāyaṇa. Therefore, no one should be astonished to see the activities of the most exalted devotees of Nārāyaṇa, for they are free from attachment and envy. They are always peaceful, and they are equal to everyone.    , SB 7.1.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.1.1

    King Parīkṣit inquired: My dear brāhmaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, being everyone's well-wisher, is equal and extremely dear to everyone. How, then, did He become partial like a common man for the sake of Indra and thus kill Indra's enemies? How can a person equal to everyone be partial to some and inimical toward others?
  • dear — Bg. 7.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.17

    Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.    , Bg. 9.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.29

    I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.    , Bg. 12.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.17

    One who neither grasps pleasure or grief, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things, is very dear to Me.    , Bg. 12.18-19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.18-19

    One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equiposed in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Me.    , Bg. 17.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 17.7

    Even food of which all partake is of three kinds, according to the three modes of material nature. The same is true of sacrifices, austerities and charity. Listen, and I shall tell you of the distinctions of these.    , SB 1.19.35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.19.35

    Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is very dear to the sons of King Pāṇḍu, has accepted me as one of those relatives just to please His great cousins and brothers.    , SB 3.9.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.22

    Let the Supreme Lord be merciful towards me. He is the one friend and soul of all living entities in the world, and He maintains all, for their ultimate happiness, by His six transcendental opulences. May He be merciful towards me so that I, as before, may be empowered with the introspection to create, for I am also one of the surrendered souls who are dear to the Lord.     , SB 3.13.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.2

    Vidura said: O great sage, what did Svāyambhuva, the dear son of Brahmā, do after obtaining his very loving wife?    , SB 3.25.38plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.25.38

    The Lord continued: My dear mother, devotees who receive such transcendental opulences are never bereft of them; neither weapons nor the change of time can destroy such opulences. Because the devotees accept Me as their friend, their relative, their son, preceptor, benefactor and Supreme Deity, they cannot be deprived of their possessions at any time.    , SB 4.4.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.4.3

    Thereafter Satī left her husband, Lord Śiva, who had given her half his body due to affection. Breathing very heavily because of anger and bereavement, she went to the house of her father. This less intelligent act was due to her being a weak woman.    , SB 4.4.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.4.11

    The blessed goddess said: Lord Śiva is the most beloved of all living entities. He has no rival. No one is very dear to him, and no one is his enemy. No one but you could be envious of such a universal being, who is free from all enmity.    , SB 6.16.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.16.10

    For this living entity, no one is dear, nor is anyone unfavorable. He makes no distinction between that which is his own and that which belongs to anyone else. He is one without a second; in other words, he is not affected by friends and enemies, well-wishers or mischief-mongers. He is only an observer, a witness, of the different qualities of men.    , SB 6.18.42plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.42

    To satisfy their own interests, women deal with men as if the men were most dear to them, but no one is actually dear to them. Women are supposed to be very saintly, but for their own interests they can kill even their husbands, sons or brothers, or cause them to be killed by others.    , Madhya 22.162plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.162

    " 'My dear mother, Devahūti! O emblem of peace! My weapon, the disc of time, never vanquishes those for whom I am very dear, for whom I am the Supersoul, the son, friend, spiritual master, well-wisher, worshipable Deity and desired goal. Since the devotees are always attached to Me, they are never vanquished by the agents of time.'    , Madhya 23.106-107plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 23.106-107

    " 'One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego, equal in both happiness and distress, always satisfied, forgiving and self-controlled, who is engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are dedicated to Me-he is very dear to Me.    , Madhya 23.111-112plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 23.111-112

    " 'One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always grave and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, and who is fixed in devotional service, is very dear to Me.
  • lover — Bg. 11.44plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.44

    You are the Supreme Lord, to be worshiped by every living being. Thus I fall down to offer You my respects and ask Your mercy. Please tolerate the wrongs that I may have done to You and bear with me as a father with his son, or a friend with his friend, or a lover with his beloved.
  • most beloved — SB 1.10.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.10.17

    At that time Arjuna, the great warrior and conqueror of sleep, who is the intimate friend of the most beloved Supreme Lord, took up an umbrella which had a handle of jewels and was embroidered with lace and pearls.
  • most dear — SB 5.1.41plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.1.41

    "As a great follower and devotee of the sage Nārada, Mahārāja Priyavrata considered hellish the opulences he had achieved by dint of fruitive activities and mystic power, whether in the lower or heavenly planetary systems or in human society."
  • the beloved — SB 2.9.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.19

    And seeing Brahmā present before Him, the Lord accepted him as worthy to create living beings, to be controlled as He desired, and thus being much satisfied with him, the Lord shook hands with Brahmā and, slightly smiling, addressed him thus.
  • the dear — SB 7.7.49plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.7.49

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is the soul and the Supersoul of all living entities. Every living entity is a manifestation of His energy in terms of the living soul and the material body. Therefore the Lord is the most dear, and He is the supreme controller.
  • the dear one — SB 7.6.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.6.2

    The human form of life affords one a chance to return home, back to Godhead. Therefore every living entity, especially in the human form of life, must engage in devotional service to the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu. This devotional service is natural because Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the most beloved, the master of the soul, and the well-wisher of all other living beings.
  • the most dear — SB 3.32.42plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.32.42

    This instruction should be imparted by the spiritual master to persons who have taken the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be more dear than anything, who are not envious of anyone, who are perfectly cleansed and who have developed detachment for that which is outside the purview of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.    , Madhya 19.207-209plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 19.207-209

    " ' "My dearmost Kṛṣṇa, You are worshiping Me and giving up the company of all the other gopīs who wanted to enjoy themselves with You." Thinking like this, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī considered Herself Kṛṣṇa's most beloved gopī. She had become proud and had left the rāsa-līlā with Kṛṣṇa. In the deep forest She said, "My dear Kṛṣṇa, I cannot walk any more. You can take Me wherever You like." When Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī petitioned Kṛṣṇa in this way, Kṛṣṇa said, "Just get up upon My shoulders." As soon as Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī began to do so, He disappeared. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī then began to grieve over Her request and Kṛṣṇa's disappearance.'
  • to be served — Madhya 20.138plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.138

    " 'Being very dear to the devotees and sādhus, I am attained through unflinching faith and devotional service. This bhakti-yoga system, which gradually increases attachment for Me, purifies even a human being born among dog-eaters. That is to say, everyone can be elevated to the spiritual platform by the process of bhakti-yoga.'    , Madhya 25.136plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.136

    " 'Being very dear to the devotees and sādhus, I am attained through unflinching faith and devotional service. This bhakti-yoga system, which gradually increases attachment for Me, purifies even a human being born among dog-eaters. That is to say, everyone can be elevated to the spiritual platform by the process of bhakti-yoga.'
  • very dear — Bg. 7.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.17

    Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.    , Bg. 12.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.15

    He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress, is very dear to Me.    , Bg. 12.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.16

    A devotee who is not dependant on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me.    , SB 2.2.6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.2.6

    Thus being fixed, one must render service unto the Supersoul situated in one's own heart by His omnipotency. Because He is the Almighty Personality of Godhead, eternal and unlimited, He is the ultimate goal of life, and by worshiping Him one can end the cause of the conditioned state of existence.    , SB 3.9.42plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.42

    I am the Supersoul of every individual. I am the supreme director and the dearest. People are wrongly attached to the gross and subtle bodies, but they should be attached to Me only.    , SB 4.24.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.24.28

    Lord Śiva continued: Any person who is surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the controller of everything—material nature as well as the living entity—is actually very dear to me.    , SB 4.31.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.31.13

    Factually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original source of all self-realization. Consequently, the goal of all auspicious activities—karma, jñāna, yoga and bhakti—is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.    , SB 6.17.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.33

    He holds no one as very dear and no one as inimical. He has no one for His own relative, and no one is alien to Him. He is actually the soul of the soul of all living entities. Thus He is the auspicious friend of all living beings and is very near and dear to all of them.    , SB 7.15.76plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.15.76

    How wonderful it is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Parabrahman, Kṛṣṇa, who is sought by great, great sages for the sake of liberation and transcendental bliss, is acting as your best well-wisher, your friend, your cousin, your heart and soul, your worshipable director, and your spiritual master.    , Ādi 8.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 8.19

    "The great sage Nārada said, 'My dear Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa is always ready to help you. He is your master, guru, God, very dear friend and head of your family. Yet sometimes He agrees to act as your servant or order-carrier. You are greatly fortunate because this relationship is possible only by bhakti-yoga. The Lord can give liberation [mukti] very easily, but He does not very easily give one bhakti-yoga, because by that process He is bound to the devotee.' "    , Madhya 1.76plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 1.76

    [This is a verse spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.] "My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Kṛṣṇa on this field of Kurukṣetra. I am the same Rādhārāṇī, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but still I would like to go to the bank of the Yamunā beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vṛndāvana."    , Madhya 19.50plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 19.50

    " 'Even though a person is a very learned scholar of the Sanskrit Vedic literatures, he is not accepted as My devotee unless he is pure in devotional service. Even though a person is born in a family of dog-eaters, he is very dear to Me if he is a pure devotee who has no motive to enjoy fruitive activities or mental speculation. Indeed, all respects should be given to him, and whatever he offers should be accepted. Such devotees are as worshipable as I am.' "    , Madhya 20.58plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.58

    " 'Even though a person is a very learned scholar of the Sanskrit Vedic literatures, he is not accepted as My devotee unless he is pure in devotional service. However, even though a person is born in a family of dog-eaters, he is very dear to Me if he is a pure devotee who has no motive to enjoy fruitive activity or mental speculation. Indeed, all respects should be given to him, and whatever he offers should be accepted. Such devotees are as worshipable as I am.'    , Antya 1.79plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 1.79

    My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Kṛṣṇa on this field of Kurukṣetra. I am the same Rādhārāṇī, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but I would still like to go to the bank of the Yamunā beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vṛndāvana."    , Antya 1.114plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 1.114

    "My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Kṛṣṇa on this field of Kurukṣetra. I am the same Rādhārāṇī, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but I would still like to go to the bank of the Yamunā beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vṛndāvana."    , Antya 16.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 16.25

    "Even though one is a very learned scholar in Sanskrit literature, if he is not engaged in pure devotional service, he is not accepted as My devotee. But if someone born in a family of dog-eaters is a pure devotee with no motives for enjoyment through fruitive activity or mental speculation, he is very dear to Me. All respect should be given to him, and whatever he offers should be accepted, for such devotees are indeed as worshipable as I am.'
  • very dear friend — SB 5.6.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.6.18

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, the Supreme Person, Mukunda, is actually the maintainer of all the members of the Pāṇḍava and Yadu dynasties. He is your spiritual master, worshipable Deity, friend, and the director of your activities. To say nothing of this, He sometimes serves your family as a messenger or servant. This means He worked just as ordinary servants do. Those engaged in getting the Lord's favor attain liberation from the Lord very easily, but He does not very easily give the opportunity to render direct service unto Him.
  • very, very dear — SB 6.17.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.33

    He holds no one as very dear and no one as inimical. He has no one for His own relative, and no one is alien to Him. He is actually the soul of the soul of all living entities. Thus He is the auspicious friend of all living beings and is very near and dear to all of them.    , SB 7.10.49plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.49

    The impersonal Brahman is Kṛṣṇa Himself because Kṛṣṇa is the source of the impersonal Brahman. He is the origin of the transcendental bliss sought by great saintly persons, yet He, the Supreme Person, is your most dear friend and constant well-wisher and is intimately related to you as the son of your maternal uncle. Indeed, He is always like your body and soul. He is worshipable, yet He acts as your servant and sometimes as your spiritual master.
  • who is dear — SB 4.31.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.31.21

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes very dear to those devotees who have no material possessions but are fully happy in possessing the devotional service of the Lord. Indeed, the Lord relishes the devotional activities of such devotees. Those who are puffed up with material education, wealth, aristocracy and fruitive activity are very proud of possessing material things, and they often deride the devotees. Even if such people offer the Lord worship, the Lord never accepts them.

priyāḥ

  • attractive — SB 1.4.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.4.31

    This may be because I did not specifically point out the devotional service of the Lord, which is dear both to perfect beings and to the infallible Lord.
  • dear — Bg. 12.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.20

    He who follows this imperishable path of devotional service and who completely engages himself with faith, making Me the supreme goal, is very, very dear to Me.    , SB 1.4.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.4.31

    This may be because I did not specifically point out the devotional service of the Lord, which is dear both to perfect beings and to the infallible Lord.    , Madhya 23.113plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 23.113

    " 'He who thus follows this imperishable religious principle of Kṛṣṇa consciousness with great faith and devotion, fully accepting Me as the supreme goal, is very, very dear to Me.'
  • extremely pleasing — SB 7.10.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.12

    It does not matter that you are in the material world. You should always, continuously, hear the instructions and messages given by Me and always be absorbed in thought of Me, for I am the Supersoul existing in the core of everyone's heart. Therefore, give up fruitive activities and worship Me.
  • O dear ones — Ādi 4.176plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 4.176

    "O My beloved gopīs, you have renounced social customs, scriptural injunctions and your relatives for My sake. I disappeared behind you only to increase your concentration upon Me. Since I disappeared for your benefit, you should not be displeased with Me."
  • palatable — Bg. 17.8-10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 17.8-10

    Foods in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such nourishing foods are sweet, juicy, fattening and palatable. Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, pungent, dry and hot, are liked by people in the modes of passion. Such foods cause pain, distress, and disease. Food cooked more than three hours before being eaten, which is tasteless, stale, putrid, decomposed and unclean, is food liked by people in the mode of ignorance.
  • very dear to me — SB 4.24.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.24.30

    You are all devotees of the Lord, and as such I appreciate that you are as respectable as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. I know in this way that the devotees also respect me and that I am dear to them. Thus no one can be as dear to the devotees as I am.

priyaḥ asi

  • you are dear — Madhya 22.57-58plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.57-58

    " 'Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you the most confidential part of knowledge. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit. Always think of Me and become My devotee, worship Me and offer obeisances unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.'

acyuta-priyaḥ

  • very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, who never fails — SB 6.17.34-35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.34-35

    This magnanimous Citraketu is a dear devotee of the Lord. He is equal to all living entities and is free from attachment and hatred. Similarly, I am also very dear to Lord Nārāyaṇa. Therefore, no one should be astonished to see the activities of the most exalted devotees of Nārāyaṇa, for they are free from attachment and envy. They are always peaceful, and they are equal to everyone.

amara-priyaḥ

  • very dear even to the demigods — SB 9.4.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.24

    The citizens of the state of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa were accustomed to chanting and hearing about the glorious activities of the Personality of Godhead. Thus they never aspired to be elevated to the heavenly planets, which are extremely dear even to the demigods.

ati-priyaḥ

  • very dear — Antya 15.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 15.33

    " 'O all-auspicious tulasī plant, you are very dear to Govinda's lotus feet, and He is very dear to you. Have you seen Kṛṣṇa walking here wearing a garland of your leaves, surrounded by a swarm of bumblebees?

bhagavat-priyaḥ

  • the most favored devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead — SB 8.22.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.22.12

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O best of the Kurus, while Bali Mahārāja was describing his fortunate position in this way, the most dear devotee of the Lord, Prahlāda Mahārāja, appeared there, like the moon rising in the nighttime.
  • who is always very, very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead — SB 7.13.12-13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.13.12-13

    Prahlāda Mahārāja, the most dear servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, once went out touring the universe with some of his confidential associates just to study the nature of saintly persons. Thus he arrived at the bank of the Kāverī, where there was a mountain known as Sahya. There he found a great saintly person who was lying on the ground, covered with dirt and dust, but who was deeply spiritually advanced.

bhagavat-priyāḥ

  • dear devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead — Ādi 4.163plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 4.163

    "The pure love of the gopīs has become celebrated by the name 'lust.' The dear devotees of the Lord, headed by Śrī Uddhava, desire to taste that love."
  • those who are very, very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead — Madhya 8.216plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 8.216

    " 'The dealings of the gopīs with Kṛṣṇa are on the platform of pure love of Godhead, yet they are sometimes considered to be lusty. But because such dealings are completely spiritual, Uddhava and all the other dearmost devotees of the Lord desire to participate in them.'
  • who are also Vaiṣṇavas, very dear to the Personality of Godhead — SB 6.15.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.15.11

    Brāhmaṇas who are exalted to the position of Vaiṣṇavas, the most dear servants of Kṛṣṇa, sometimes dress like madmen. Just to benefit materialists like us, who are always attached to sense gratification, and just to dissipate our ignorance, these Vaiṣṇavas wander on the surface of the globe according to their desire.

bhakta-jana-priyaḥ

  • I am dependent not only on My devotee but also on My devotee’s devotee (the devotee’s devotee is extremely dear to Me) — SB 9.4.63plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.63

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead said to the brāhmaṇa: I am completely under the control of My devotees. Indeed, I am not at all independent. Because My devotees are completely devoid of material desires, I sit only within the cores of their hearts. What to speak of My devotee, even those who are devotees of My devotee are very dear to Me.

bhakta-priyaḥ

  • under the circumstances You become favorable to the devotees — SB 8.23.8plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.23.8

    O my Lord, Your pastimes are all wonderfully performed by Your inconceivable spiritual energy; and by her perverted reflection, the material energy, You have created all the universes. As the Supersoul of all living entities, You are aware of everything, and therefore You are certainly equal toward everyone. Nonetheless, You favor Your devotees. This is not partiality, however, for Your characteristic is just like that of a desire tree, which yields everything according to one's desire.

ekānta-jana-priyaḥ

  • most beloved by the devotees — SB 8.24.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.31

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When King Satyavrata spoke in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who at the end of the yuga had assumed the form of a fish to benefit His devotee and enjoy His pastimes in the water of inundation, responded as follows.

indriya-priyaḥ

  • a person attached to sense gratification — SB 5.18.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.10

    My dear Lord, we pray that we may never feel attraction for the prison of family life, consisting of home, wife, children, friends, bank balance, relatives and so on. If we do have some attachment, let it be for devotees, whose only dear friend is Kṛṣṇa. A person who is actually self-realized and who has controlled his mind is perfectly satisfied with the bare necessities of life. He does not try to gratify his senses. Such a person quickly advances in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whereas others, who are too attached to material things, find advancement very difficult.

kadana-priyāḥ

  • who are expert in persecuting others — SB 7.2.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.2.13

    Thus the demons, being fond of disastrous activities, took Hiraṇyakaśipu's instructions on their heads with great respect and offered him obeisances. According to his directions, they engaged in envious activities directed against all living beings.

matta-jana-priyaḥ

  • very dear to the crazy beings — SB 4.2.14-15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.2.14-15

    He lives in filthy places like crematoriums, and his companions are the ghosts and demons. Naked like a madman, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying, he smears crematorium ashes all over his body. He does not bathe regularly, and he ornaments his body with a garland of skulls and bones. Therefore only in name is he Śiva, or auspicious; actually, he is the most mad and inauspicious creature. Thus he is very dear to crazy beings in the gross mode of ignorance, and he is their leader.

me priyaḥ

  • My very dear devotee — Madhya 23.108plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 23.108

    " 'He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is liberated from jubilation, anger, fear and anxiety, is very dear to Me.
  • very dear to Me — Madhya 23.109plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 23.109

    " 'A devotee who is not dependent on others but dependent solely on Me, who is clean inwardly and outwardly, who is expert, indifferent to material things, without cares, free from all pains, and who rejects all pious and impious activities, is very dear to Me.    , Madhya 23.110plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 23.110

    "One who neither rejoices nor hates, who neither laments nor desires, who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things and who is devoted to Me is very dear to Me.

parokṣa-priyaḥ

  • interesting by indirect description — SB 4.28.65plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.28.65

    My dear King Prācīnabarhi, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes, is celebrated to be known indirectly. Thus I have described the story of Purañjana to you. Actually it is an instruction for self-realization.

saḥ me priyaḥ

  • he is dear to Me — Bg. 12.13-14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 12.13-14

    One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me—he is very dear to Me.

śrī-vāsudeva-priyaḥ

  • very dear to Śrī Vāsudeva Datta Ṭhākura — Antya 6.263plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 6.263

    "Raghunātha dāsa is a disciple of Yadunandana Ācārya, who is very gentle and is extremely dear to Vāsudeva Datta, a resident of Kāñcanapallī. Because of Raghunātha dāsa's transcendental qualities, he is always more dear than life for all of us devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Since he has been favored by the abundant mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he is always pleasing. Vividly providing a superior example for the renounced order, this very dear follower of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī is the ocean of renunciation. Who among the residents of Nīlācala [Jagannātha Purī] does not know him very well?

suhṛt-priyaḥ

  • dear to the relatives — SB 4.3.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.3.15

    The great sage Maitreya said: Lord Śiva, the deliverer of the hill Kailāsa, having thus been addressed by his dear wife, replied smilingly, although at the same time he remembered the malicious, heart-piercing speeches delivered by Dakṣa before the guardians of the universal affairs.

sura-priyaḥ

  • because He is naturally very dear to the devotees — SB 8.5.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.5.23

    Now is the time to invoke the mode of goodness of the living entities who have accepted material bodies. The mode of goodness is meant to establish the Supreme Lord's rule, which will maintain the existence of the creation. Therefore, this is the opportune moment to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because He is naturally very kind and dear to the demigods, He will certainly bestow good fortune upon us.
  • being the friend of the demigods — SB 7.1.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.1.12

    O King, this time factor enhances the sattva-guṇa. Thus although the Supreme Lord is the controller, He favors the demigods, who are mostly situated in sattva-guṇa. Then the demons, who are influenced by tamo-guṇa, are annihilated. The Supreme Lord induces the time factor to act in different ways, but He is never partial. Rather, His activities are glorious, and therefore He is called Uruśravā.

sura-priyāḥ

  • beautiful public women known as Apsarās, celestial girls — SB 8.15.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.15.19

    Apsarās passed on the streets, which were covered with the white, fragrant smoke of aguru incense emanating from windows with golden filigree.

urukrama-priyaḥ

  • Dhruva Mahārāja, who was very dear to the Lord — SB 4.12.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.12.28

    The great sage Maitreya continued: Mahārāja Dhruva was very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When he heard the sweet speeches of the Lord's chief associates in the Vaikuṇṭha planet, he immediately took his sacred bath, dressed himself with suitable ornaments, and performed his daily spiritual duties. Thereafter he offered his respectful obeisances to the great sages present there and accepted their blessings.

vanitā-priyāḥ

  • as a man becomes very attractive to women — SB 9.3.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.3.15

    Thereafter, three men with very beautiful bodily features emerged from the lake. They were nicely dressed and decorated with earrings and garlands of lotuses. All of them were of the same standard of beauty.

vipra-priyaḥ

  • very dear to the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas — SB 4.21.39plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.21.39

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is everlastingly independent and who exists in everyone's heart, is very pleased with those who follow in His footsteps and engage without reservation in the service of the descendants of brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas, for He is always dear to brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas and they are always dear to Him.

viṣṇu-jana-priyaḥ

  • who is very dear to the Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of Lord Viṣṇu — Madhya 24.117plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.117

    " 'Being very much attracted by the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, the mind of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was agitated by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He therefore began to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by the grace of his father.'